HUMAN IN THE LOOP MEANS MAKING SURE THE HUMAN IS NOT OUT OF THE LOOP

Summary from the TLDR Product newsletter

Human-in-the-loop systems often fail when oversight is reduced to automated confirm clicks or post-hoc approvals, turning human reviewers into moral crumple zones. Effective agency design requires clear mandates, permissions-based constraints, and keeping users involved at points where they can genuinely stop runs or reverse irreversible actions.